Japanese woodblock print of three women. The woman on the left is standing and wearing a brown kimono with a green obi; she holds a rectangular object. She has a tray-like object on her head. The woman on the right sits on the floor wearing a patterned kimono; she has a cigarette in her hand. The woman in the center sits on the floor between the other two; she wears a white kimono with pink undergarment. The background is beige with a lantern in the upper left corner, and the upper right has a rectangular box containing Japanese characters. The image shows Japanese characters vertically on the right.
Artwork Details
- Date
- ca. 1782
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 408 × 624 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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